Mulger bill wrote:...How exactly can you become cop without a reasonable knowledge of the law? It's like being a taxi driver and not knowing where major landmarks in a big city are...

... and your point is ???

Sad that these guys are legally allowed to carry guns and tasers and use them on "ordinary" folk. At least having professional statewide cops, our standards can be more consistent and weed out most of the power bullies - the rest we put in Highway Patrol